| Main Entry: | stave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool*, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep lid on, limit, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prohibit, put a stop to, put an end to, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, shut out, stave off, stop, thwart, turn aside, ward, ward off |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
Synonyms: |
arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice |
| Main Entry: | pole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, post |
Synonyms: |
beam, extremity, flagpole, flagstaff, leg, mast, pile, plank, rod, shaft, spar, staff, stake, standard, stave, stick, stilt, stud, terminus |
| Main Entry: | rod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, pole |
Synonyms: |
baton, billet, birch, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, rodule, scepter, sceptre, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stave, stick, strip, switch, wand |
| Main Entry: | slab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid object |
Synonyms: |
bar, billet, bit, board, boulder, chip, cut, cutting, hunk, ingot, lump, muck, piece, plate, portion, rod, slice, stave, stick, stone, strip, wedge |
| Main Entry: | staff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stick, usually for walking |
Synonyms: |
cane, club, pikestaff, pole, prop, rod, stave, walking stick, wand |
| Main Entry: | stake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole |
Synonyms: |
pale, paling, picket, post, rod, spike, stave, stick |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
Synonyms: |
bar, bat, baton, billet, birch, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, drumstick, ferrule, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, slat, staff, stake, stalk, stave, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
Synonyms: |
abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | stanza |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verse |
Synonyms: |
division, stave, strophe |
| Notes: | technically, a stanza is a succession of lines that form a poem or song, and a verse is either a single line of writing or a series of lines in a song |